Bill may require university to cover local farm's legal fees

Mar. 1, 2012

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ANNAPOLIS -- If a piece of legislation introduced in the Maryland General Assembly becomes law, the University of Maryland will have to pay the legal expenses of the Berlin-area farm its law clinic is suing over water pollution claims.

The legislation was introduced by Sen. Richard Colburn, R-37-Dorchester, and would require the university to pay up to $500,000 of the farm's legal expenses.

"(Senate Bill) 945 is an outrageous attack on clean water by a small handful of extremists in the State Legislature and is grandstanding at its worst," says Kathy Phillips, executive director of ...